2 NFA members putting a Fyke net in a river

Australian Native Freshwater Fish Species
 

…with profiles on this site (by common name)

For full list of common names of species on this site see Common names and aliases or for a complete listing of Australian native freshwater fish see A Taxonomic summary of Australian freshwater fish
 

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ABC


Australian bass

Australian lungfish
Australian smelt
Barcoo grunter

Barramundi

Barred galaxias

Berney’s catfish

Butler’s grunter

Climbing galaxias
Coal grunter
Common galaxias
Crimson spotted
rainbowfish

DEF

Dwarf galaxias Eel-tailed Catfish
Estuary perch
Flat-headed galaxias
Flat-headed gudgeon Flyspeck Hardyhead    

GHI


Golden perch

Gulf saratoga
   

JKL


Jungle perch
     

MNO


Macquarie perch

Mangrove jack

Mountain galaxias
Murray cod
Mouth almighty  Northern purple spotted gudgeon  Oxleyan pygmy perch  

PQRS


River blackfish

Saratoga

Short-finned eel

Silver perch
Sleepy cod
Smallmouth hardyhead
Sooty grunter
Southern purple spotted gudgeon
 Southern pygmy perch
 Spangled gudgeon Spangled perch
Spiny freshwater crayfish

Spotted galaxias
     

TUV


Tamar goby

Trout cod

Two-spined blackfish

Variegated pygmy perch

WXYZ


Western carp gudgeon

Western galaxias

Western pygmy perch

 Wilson’s Mangrove Goby

Yabby

Yarra pygmy perch
   

Introduced Fish Species


Carp 

English perch / redfin 

Brown trout 

Rainbow trout 

Roach 

Tench 

Goldfish 

Mosquito fish

Tilapia
     

For further details on specific Australian Native Fish Species, please refer to the Species sub menus above.

Or, if you know the common or scientific name of a particular fish species you’re interested in, than enter the name in the Species Search box below.

See also A Taxonomic Summary of Australian Freshwater Fish